Most teams start with the flashiest idea. The best first workflow is boring, frequent and easy to check.

Start with frequency, not ambition

The workflow that pays back fastest is the one your team does fifty times a week, not the one that would be impressive in a board deck. Frequency multiplies every minute you save.

Look for repeatable steps

If two people would do the task the same way, an agent can learn it. If every case is a judgement call, start somewhere else.

Make it easy to check

Pick work where a person can glance at the output before it reaches a customer. Review is what lets you go live in weeks instead of quarters.

Score it before you build

Hours per week × hourly cost × 48 gives you the yearly prize. If it's under the cost of a pilot, keep looking.